Mold for shaping leggings.



L. NICKENNA.

MOLD FOR SHAPING LEGGINGS.

APPLICATION FILED oc. 29. 19u.

1 TIQ I Patented Feb. 26, 1918.

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LAWRENCE MCKENNA, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNGR T0 CARLTON MILLS CO., OF- PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYL- VANIA.

MOLD FOR SHAPING LEGGINGS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.V

Patented Feb. 2u, 191%.

Application led October 29, 1917. Serial No. 198,997.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE McKenna, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Mold for Shaping Leggings, of which the following is a speciiication.

lli/ly invention consists of a device acting as a mold for converting a piece of rightlined textile fabric into a circular or spiral shape so as to adapt it for a legging material which may beV wrapped or wound on the ankle and leg of a wearer without wrinklin', buckling or irregularity, producing a superior finished product of the kind. l

Figures 1 and 2 represent elevations of opposite faces of a device embodying my invention.

Fig. 3 represents a transverse section on the line 3 3 Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale.

Fig. lrepresents a transverse section on line -l--l Fig. 1, on an enlargedscale.

Fig. 5 represents a perspective view partly in section of a portion of the device on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 6 represents a perspective view of a portion of thearticle produced.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings:

1 designates the head of the device, and 2 designates the base thereof, said base and head extending in the longitudinal direction of the device. Depending from the under face of the head are the series of tongues 3 between the sides of which are the recesses l. The terminals 5 of said under face of said head form clamp members to be hereinafter further referred to.

Rising from the upper face of the head 2 are the series of tongues 6 between the sides of which are the recesses 7 lll`he terminals 8 of said upper face of said base form clamp members to be hereinafter referred to.

It is to be understood that the mold is not circular, but that the members 1 and 2 are right-lined and operate upon a right-lined fabric to convert the same into a strip having a permanent curved or spiral shape adapted to be wrapped spirally around the leg of the wearer and so converted into a legging.

It will now be seen that when the parts are assembled the tongues 3 of thel head are adapted to descend freely into the recesses 7 of the base, and that the tongues 6 of the base are adapted to ascend freely into the recesses 4 of the head producing a corrugation of the series of the tongues throughout the length of the device.

' The under faces of the several tongues are tapering somewhat rounded from front to rear so that said tongues are in transverse direction of greater depth at front than at rear, and said faces are rounded in the direction of the length of the device to prevent injury to the fabric while being stretched.

The operation is as follows:

The head and base are separated and a piece of right lined fabric is placed on the tongues of the base, and its ends on the terminal face 5 of the base. rlhe head is applied to the base whereby its tongues en gage the top of the piece of fabric, and as the head is closed down tightly on the base said piece has its ends held between the faces 5 and 8 and clamped by the same, while the main length of the piece is subjected to the opposite actions of the faces of the opposite tongues of the head and base,

scalloping the same and causing one side portion of the piece to be stretched to a greater extent than the other side portion thereof, and so the piece has imparted to it a form which is curved in the direction of its length, the curved faces of the tongues preventing injury to the fabric. The mold as such with the piece of stretched fabric is 'now placed in a bath of steam so that the piece is softened and it preserves subsequently the curved shape imparted to it after which the mold is removed from the steam bath and the piece dried while it remains in the mold, after which the mold is opened and the piece detached therefrom, when the same in its curved condition may be applied to an ankle and calf of the one .to wear a legging and wound spirally around the same which will be found to be without buckling, wrinklin g or irregularity producing a well-shaped and comfortable legging which may be retained in position by means of a piece of tape, string or a strap wrapped around the same and secured in any desired manner.

'l` he terminals 9 of the body of the piece as stretched. retain comparatively their right-lined direction so that one terminal may be placed rght-1ined around part of the ankle, after which the body of the piece is Wound spirally from said terminal around the remainder of the ankle and the leg above the same overlapping parts of the outer faces of the eonvolutions of the spiral body, and the other terminal of the piece placed right-lined around part. of the top of the leg', or vice versa, after which the resultant legging may be secured in place as above stated. l

The legging when removed Will retain its curved or' spiral shape for subsequent use.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as nenT and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A moldv for curving a rightslined. piece of textile fabric composed-of a longitudinal-ly' `'tencling head and base, a series of separated tongues depending from said head, a series of separa-ted tongues rising from 'said base and means for firmly holding the ends of the fabric, the tongues of one member being adapted to enter freely between the sides of the tongues of the other inember, said tongues having their faces tapering in the transverse direction of the mold to convert said' fabric into a longitudinal` permanently curved or spiral shape.

2. A mold for curving a right-lined piece of textile fabric composed of a. longitudinally-extending head and base, a series of separated tongues depending from said head, a series of separated tonOues rising from said base and means for hrmly holding the ends of the fabric, the tongues of on'e member being adapted to enter freely between the sides of the tongues of the other member, said tongues having their faces tapering in the transverse direction of the mold, the opposite faces of said tongues bcing rounded in transverse and longitudinal directions to convert said fabric into a longitudinal permanently curved or spiral shape.

3. A mold for curving a right-lined piece l of textile fabric composed of a longitudinally-extending head and base, a series of separated tongues depending -from said head, and a series of separated tongues rising from said base, the tongues of one inember being adapted to enter freely between the sides of the tongues of the other me1nber, said tongues having their faces taper ing in the transverse direction of the mold to convert said fabric into a longitudinal permanently curved or spiral shape, and means on said members lfor holding tightly the terminal portions of the piece of (he fabric.

LAWRENCE MoK EN N A.

Witnesses JOHN A. VVnsDnnsi-mur, N. BUssINGnR.

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